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    YELLOWSTONE, QUEENS

    by Kevin Walsh December 19, 2021
    by Kevin Walsh December 19, 2021 9 comments

    I am old. Impossibly old. Older than you imagine. Older than you can imagine. And I have returned to work fulltime, with Marquis Who’s Who, albeit via my home computer.…

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  • One Shots

    ARCHIE BUNKER’S PLACE, Glendale

    by Kevin Walsh July 30, 2020
    by Kevin Walsh July 30, 2020 10 comments

    Several New York City neighborhoods come together in the triangle of territory opposite St. John’s Cemetery formed by Cooper Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, and Woodhaven Boulevard. I have to pick one,…

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  • CemeteriesNeighborhoods

    REGO PARK-MIDDLE VILLAGE

    by Kevin Walsh July 28, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh July 28, 2019 6 comments

    I have found myself in a number of Queens cemeteries this year. Earlier in the year (2019) when the NY Post did an article on Forgotten NY’s 20th anniversary) I…

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  • Subways & TrainsWalks

    TRACKING THE LIRR ROCKAWAY BRANCH: PART ONE, REGO PARK

    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh May 26, 2019 13 comments

    I’ve always thought that New York City should maximize its transit options. There are still miles upon miles of (mostly) intact railroad right-of-way that could be restored to revenue-based transit…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    NATHAN’S FAMOUS, Rego Park

    by Kevin Walsh April 14, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh April 14, 2019 5 comments

    One constant in the Coney Island scene at Surf and Stillwell Avenues since 1916 has been Nathan’s Famous, Charles  Feltman was the purported inventor of the hot dog (it was…

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  • One Shots

    LOST BATTALION HALL, Rego Park

    by Kevin Walsh September 21, 2017
    by Kevin Walsh September 21, 2017 16 comments

    Lost Battalion Hall and Lost Battalion Park, between Queens and Junction Boulevards just south of the Horace Harding (Long Island) Expressway and wedged between the Queens Center and Rego Center…

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  • One ShotsSigns

    FROST PHARMACY

    by Kevin Walsh July 12, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh July 12, 2012 10 comments

    The Frost Pharamcy sign on 55th Avenue and Queens Boulevard is without a doubt one of my favorites in Queens. It’s likely a snapshot from the Fab Forties or Nifty…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    MADISON STREET, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh May 31, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh May 31, 2010 0 comment

    BY SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY contributor The Borough of Queens was once a patchwork collection of villages divided among the major towns of Flushing, Jamaica, Newtown, Far Rockaway, and Long Island…

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  • Neighborhoods

    REGO PARK, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh March 19, 2006
    by Kevin Walsh March 19, 2006 0 comment

    The Hempstead Swamp once occupied a vast area of land that sits just east of present-day St. John’s Cemetery in Queens. The greater area was first settled in 1653 as ‘Whitepot’…

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  • Street ScenesWalks

    BOULEVARD OF DEATH. Queens Boulevard Part 1

    by Kevin Walsh August 28, 2005
    by Kevin Walsh August 28, 2005 3 comments

    WHETHER it wants to admit it or not, the Department of Transportation’s main function is the movement of motor vehicles; to enable them to move as quickly as possible. That means…

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  • Subways & Trains

    LONG ISLAND RAILROAD ROCKAWAY BRANCH

    by Kevin Walsh April 4, 2000
    by Kevin Walsh April 4, 2000 21 comments

    The Rockaway Line is a mighty good road, the Rockaway Line is the road to ride, to paraphrase the old song. Or rather, it used to be the road to…

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